 I’ve had several loyal troopers in the last few weeks ask me the same question: “What is the next big event?” It certainly would be nice if there were a yearly event that was run similar to Star Wars Celebration, but we all know that would never happen due to cost and resource constraints. There are rumors on the Internet that Celebration IV will be taking place to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars (hopefully you know what year that is), but it has yet to be set in concrete. So, what is coming down the pipe? Good question. Of course there will always be the annual Wizard World events at various locations across the country, there will be the Comic-Cons, but is there anything else heading our way? Unfortunately, to my knowledge, the answer is no.
 The next big event in my area will be Wizard World Chicago, and I don’t know how I’m going to be able to wait for the event to get here since it will take place in August. I wish there would be something smack dab in the center of this great country, where we could all get together, and have a big Sandtroopers party of some sort. But, with many of us having our own families, lack of funds, etc, it would be difficult for something like that to take place. What are everyone’s thoughts about trying to maybe do our own special Star Wars event? I’m not sure what the details would be, what we would do, where we would meet, but I sure would like to be able to meet everyone in person at some point in time. If you have any ideas as to what we could do, share those ideas in our forum. I’d be really excited to see what everyone here has to say. |
Hey Troopers, there has been a very abundant supply of the new Hoth and Carkoon Waves in northern Lake County, IL. Target after Wal-Mart after Kmart all had signs of a Saga struggle, the sad thing that comes to my mind is what the hell happened to all of the Revenge of the Sith stuff? The film made nearly 400 million dollars but seven months later you can hardly find any action figures. Instead we get Unleashed Battle Packs, Transformers, Choppers and other crap that 3-3/4 inch collectors could care less about. It’s just frustrating to see what’s becoming of the Star Wars line. Maybe it’s just me but I really don’t care for what Hasbro has done to collecting in 2006. What happened to vehicles? Deluxe sets? Multi-packs? I appreciate we have a few Revenge of the Sith figures coming down the road but why is it you could find EI and EII figures on the shelves almost two years after those movies? I realize there are some people buying these new products and I can appreciate that. However what was so bad about the first Unleashed figures? I don’t see it translating to sales seeing as after a six-store patrol it is all I could see along with endless rows of G.I. Joe Sigma 6, another toy line they have completely destroyed. Good luck to you Troops in your searches, discuss your opinions on my rant here if you have feelings about this.
Hey troopers! I wanted to let you know of an idea that I have been thinking about now for the last few months, and it involves awarding one of forum members as Trooper of the Month. The specifics about this have not yet been defined, but I wanted to let you know what I had up my sleeve. I will relay more details 
Hey troopers! I have some exciting news to that will help you start the weekend off right! Not sure if these were posted on any "other" sites, but if you haven't seen these yet you're going to be in for quite a surprise. We have received an encoded transmission from one of our spies that contained forty images of new Star Wars toys, which include several images of new Saga figures and Titanium Vehicles! You will NOT want to miss out on this incredible report! Read more about this 
We all have our great and not-so great items in our collection, but if someone were to walk up to you on the street or ask you in a public forum (such as ours) what your most prized possession would be, how would you reply to that? Do you have one particular item that is your most prized possession? How would you determine which item in your collection would fit the bill? Think of it this way if you’re having a hard time trying to figure out what is your most prized possession (and this is something many people have asked me before): if your house were engulfed in flames and firefighters informed you that they have just enough time to grab only one item from your Star Wars collection, what would you ask them to save for you?
A couple months ago I wrote an article about the new 
Have you been looking for any of the Hoth wave of Saga 2006 figures, but unfortunately you haven’t come across one in your immediate area? Don’t want to pay the inflated scalper prices on eBay for one? Well, you’re in luck, because fellow Sandtroopers.com forum members are finding these (and other hard-to-find items) all across the country, and they’re willing to help you out. The best thing you could do is to join our forums, and post a thread in the Most Wanted or Trade List sections in the Marketplace of the forums. Troopers have been helping troopers for quite some time, and you will notice in the 
In recent years we had the original Saga line of carded figures, where the background was a fairly plain blue color with not much going for itself, but of course back then we were all salivating to get our hands on these figures. Then came the Original Trilogy Collection, which brought us back to the late ‘70s and early ‘80s with its retro carded look of the vintage line. Next came the wave to celebrate Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, with its fiery lava background and Darth Vader looming overhead. And now we have the Saga 2006 wave, with a totally brand new style for the card design, but borrowing a little bit of design from the OTC line. To me, this is one of the more exciting designs Hasbro could have come up with, but lets just hope we get more new figures and new sculpts of figures that have been repeatedly done.
It’s that time again we’re we go “Back in Time” to visit one of our older Dewback Patrol missions. Last time we took you back to the 
Hey Troopers, acting on YOUR news I decided to mount my Dewback and head west toward Antioch, IL and see if the 24-hour Wal-Mart would provide me with the luck some of our other members have had over the 24 hours. Low and behold was the proverbial jackpot. Both of the new Saga Collection waves, every figure all just put out like it was Christmas! To put the cherry on the sundae, they were still priced at $5.88 each! I am very surprised to see these waves hitting so soon and I’ll look forward to adding these to our 
